Author: Mihaly Szalai
Date: 12:00:05 10/31/03
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On October 31, 2003 at 14:00:53, Chessfun wrote: >On October 29, 2003 at 12:33:09, Mihaly Szalai wrote: > >>On October 28, 2003 at 17:38:43, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>About one opening move in the second game, I would like some insights into from >>>the strong players, if I could: >>> >>>1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O >>> >>>[D]rnbqk2r/ppp1bppp/8/3p4/3Pn3/3B1N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQ1RK1 b kq - 0 7 >>> >>>7...Bf5? >>> >>>I can find 27 games in the CM9000 database in which this move is played and the >>>tally is +14 =12 -1! Black has only won once in this database, and that was when >>>a Master played the move against an unranked player. Very few GMs have played >>>this move and scored: >>> >>>Ivanchuk drew Shirov (rated equally) >>>Heubner drew Adorjan (rated 50 points worse) >>>Christiansen drew Ljubojevic (rated 90 points higher) >>>Reshevsky drew Liberzon (rated 45 points worse) >>> >>>Panno apparently tried this move against Karpov in 1980 and lost (no surprise >>>there, as Karpov was rated 185 points higher). >>> >>>My point is, if this move is so poor, why is it still in an opening book? >>>CM9000's book always plays the very common 7...Nc6 in this position. If its >>>opponent plays 7...Bf5, it will respond with either 8.c4 or 8.Re1 with equal >>>probability. >>> >>>Any thoughts would be appreciated.... >>> >>>jm >> >>In my General.ctg there's a question mark after 7.- Bf5. >>This is the Fritz 6 book from 1999. They say there's a newer one, >>but I don't know nothing about it. >>(I converted the CM9000.obk to ctg and there's also a question mark.) > >Please explain how? > >Sarah. I don't explain it, because of a 'questionable legal status'. Ask our beloved moderator (on high moral grounds), he also converted it and called me a simpleton when I asked him what is the difference between cracking TheKing.exe and cracking the CM9000 opening books. Mihaly
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